Christmas Coffee Packer – Fixed Term Temporary
We are looking for two people who love to be active and work as part of a team to join us for the busy Christmas period in our despatch department.
Position Responsibilities:
• Work within the team to pack and despatch coffee orders.
• Maintain a tidy packing station.
• Ensure paperwork for couriers is correct and labelled.
• Have all orders ready for collection by courier for an allocated time.
• Checking deliveries in and out of wholesale area.
• Washing and drying coffee crates.
• Putting together stock and coffee orders for our shops.
• Welcoming visitors onto the site, ensuring they are looked after and receive great service.
Required Skills and Qualities:
• Experience working within a team.
• Keen to work to a high standard of presentation and detail.
• Ideally experience with a job that involves repetitive tasks.
• Experience in a role that involves lifting, bending, twisting, etc would be advantageous.
• Willingness to learn and help out the team where necessary.
• Interest in coffee is not essential but would be great.
Required Availability:
This is a seasonal role and specific availability is required. Please read this section carefully and only apply if you can meet all of the criteria.
• Position 1: start date 18 November, end date 22 December
• Position 2: start date 15 November, end date 22 December
• Both positions require availability to work 5 days per week, between Monday and Sunday.
• Availability on at least one weekend day is essential.
• Daily hours are either 0800-1630 or 0830-1700
• Available for Zoom interview w/c 28 October or w/c 4 November.
• Available for 4 hour paid trial shift w/c 4 November or w/c 11 November.
Position Details:
• Based in our Bermondsey roastery (SE16 4RA).
• Paid monthly.
• Pay is £14.70 per hour + bundled holiday pay. (Holiday will be accrued during the contract and paid out on leaving.)
• Fixed term / temporary contract.
How to apply:
Please email covering letter and up to date CV to [email protected] and include the job title in the subject line. Closing date for applications is 25 October.
Christmas Retail Helpers
We are looking for a few people who are interested in coffee and people and who love to be active to join our retail shops throughout December.
Position responsibilities:
• Looking after our customers: being available and open to answer any and all questions our customers might have kindly.
Communicating our loan cup scheme and helping people find the right place to get what they need.
• Looking after our space: ensuring the shop looks beautiful at all times.
Wiping tables, tidying cups, washing up, restocking displays.
• Looking after the coffee: restocking the bean counter, weighing, grinding and packing bags of coffee. Supporting our permanent team in getting customers the coffee they want to take home or give as presents. Offering coffee samples for people waiting.
This position most likely won’t involve making espresso but will involve making filter coffees and samples for tasting.
Required Skills and Qualities:
• Having an eye for detail – able to notice things that need doing in a very busy shop!
• A pride in presentation and looking after your space.
• Have energy and enjoy active work – this position is physically demanding and we are looking for people who genuinely enjoy being on their feet and moving around for 8 hours a day.
• An interest in coffee and people.
• Self-motivated and keen to help.
• Willingness to learn and to get stuck in.
• Experience is prioritised but not essential.
Start date: Flexible but no later than 9 December.
Contract length: Between 3-6 weeks (December with the possibility of staying until mid January or possibly move to a permanent position).
Availability: Must be able to commit to working 4 or 5 days a week, all Saturdays, some early starts (6.50am) and some late finishes (8pm). Additionally, the position requires availability on Sunday 22nd, Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th December and return to work on 27 December.
Location: Based in Covent Garden, Borough Market and/or Bermondsey.
Pay: £15 an hour + bundled holiday pay (holiday will be accrued during the contract and paid out on leaving).
How to apply: Please email covering letter and CV to [email protected] with Christmas Helper 2024 in the subject.